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| Mark Bridger probably responsible for April Jones's death, court told | |
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| Mark Bridger is "probably responsible" for the death of five-year-old April Jones but denies her abduction and murder, a court has heard. | |
| Bridger, of Ceinws, near Machynlleth, will stand trial later this year accused of murdering April, who went missing in mid-Wales last year. | |
| April was last seen playing out on her bike on Machynlleth's Bryn-y-Gog estate, where she lived, on the evening of 1 October. Bridger was arrested the following day. The search for April's body goes on. | |
| Bridger entered not guilty pleas to abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice at Mold crown court. | Bridger entered not guilty pleas to abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice at Mold crown court. |
| Brendan Kelly, defending, told the court his client's defence involves him "conceding that he probably killed the child". | |
| Mr Justice Griffith-Williams said: "That matter can be reported. You have indicated that the defendant's case is that he was probably responsible for the death of April." | Mr Justice Griffith-Williams said: "That matter can be reported. You have indicated that the defendant's case is that he was probably responsible for the death of April." |
| The judge ordered that no other evidence in the case could be reported. | |